Singapore, 29 March 2018 – The Singapore Sports Hub today announced that tickets for the 2018 Super Rugby match to be played in Singapore will go on sale on 1 April 2018, Sunday at 10am. The match will take place on 30 June 2018, Saturday, at the National Stadium, where Singapore’s adopted home team, HITO-Communications SUNWOLVES will play against South Africa’s BULLS. Members of the public can enjoy an early-bird discount of 15 percent for Category 1 and 2 tickets from 1 April to 31 May 2018.
The match on 30 June 2018 is the only game in Singapore this year, and it will be the second time the SUNWOLVES take on the BULLS in Singapore. The last time when both teams played against each other was in 2016, when SUNWOLVES was defeated by a small margin of 27-30.
“The team is excited to play in Singapore again this year. Besides familiar faces such as Edward Quirk, Harumichi Tatekawa, Shota Horie, Fumiaki Tanaka and Sam Wykes, fans can look forward to the return of Akihito Yamada, who scored a hat-trick against the Cheetahs in 2016 at the National Stadium, as well as new faces including Michael Leitch, Hosea Saumaki and Lomano Lemeki. We hope that fans can come and support us as we continue to strive towards earning our first win in our second home, ” said Jamie Joseph, SUNWOLVES Head Coach. Jamie Joseph replaces Filo Tiatia as the Head Coach this year, and doubles up as the Japan National Team Head Coach, preparing the team for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. He is a former All Black, and previously led the Highlanders to their first Super Rugby title in 2015.
The second season of Super Rugby in Singapore in 2017 attracted more than 25,000 spectators in total. This 2018 season, SUNWOLVES will play one of their home matches in the Singapore National Stadium on 30 June 2018, Saturday, against the BULLS. Match kicks off at 7.55pm.
Tickets for the game are priced from $15 onwards and will be available from 1 April 2018, Sunday, 10am via the Sports Hub Tix website www.sportshubtix.sg, hotline +65 3158 7888, Sports Hub Tix Box Office at Singapore Indoor Stadium, The Star Performing Arts Centre Box Office, Scotts Square Concierge Desk, and all SingPost outlets (see Appendix A for ticketing information). From 1 April to 31 May 2018, there will be an early-bird discount of 15 percent for Category 1 and 2 tickets. For more information on the 2018 Super Rugby matches in Singapore, please visit https://www.sportshub.com.sg/SuperRugby2018.
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For Media queries, please contact:
Bertrand Teo
Singapore Sports Hub
DID: +65 6653 9716
HP: +65 9321 8550
Email: [email protected]
Victoria Tan
Singapore Sports Hub
DID: +65 6653 9714
HP: +65 8228 9406
Email: [email protected]
ABOUT SUPER RUGBY
Super Rugby is the Southern Hemisphere's pre-eminent rugby tournament, featuring 15 teams from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina and Japan.
In 2016, the evolution of Super Rugby continued with three new sides introduced to an expanded four-conference model that boosts the rivalry and passion of previous seasons, driving Super Rugby into an exciting new era. The Kings from South Africa returned to the fray, along with new teams – the Jaguares from Argentina; and the HITO-Communications SUNWOLVES from Japan.
Come 2018, the 18-team competition will revert to a 15-team competition, consisting of three geographical conferences – the Australian conference, the New Zealand conference and the South African conference. Gone from the competition were the Force (Australia), Kings and Cheetahs (South Africa). The Jaguares remained in the now one South African Conference while the SUNWOLVES moved from one of the African conferences to the Australian conference, with four other Australian teams.
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Australian Conference: Brumbies, Rebels, Reds, Waratahs, Sunwolves
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New Zealand Conference: Blues, Chiefs, Crusaders, Highlanders, Hurricanes
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South African Conference: Bulls, Lions, Sharks, Stormers, Jaguares
ABOUT THE HITO-COMMUNICATIONS SUNWOLVES
The HITO-Communications SUNWOLVES made their debut in the 2016 Super Rugby season and is the first Asian team in Super Rugby. Co-based in both Japan and Singapore, SUNWOLVES will be playing a total of 16 matches – eight home and eight away games – and one of their home matches will be played at the Singapore National Stadium on 30 June 2018, Saturday, against the BULLS. The SUNWOLVES have played five games this season, and have yet to earn their first win.
Appendix A – Ticketing Information & Seating Plan
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Super Rugby Ticketing Information |
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Description |
Adult |
Child |
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Platinum |
General |
$95.00 |
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Category 1 (Reserved Seating) |
General |
$60.00 |
$35.00 |
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Early Bird (15% off) |
$51.00 |
$29.75 |
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Category 2 (Free Seating) |
General |
$29.00 |
$15.00 |
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Early Bird (15% off) |
$24.65 |
$12.75 |
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Family Pass |
Cat 1 |
$170.00 |
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Cat 2 |
$80.00 |
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Tertiary Students |
Cat 2 |
$10.00 |
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Note: Platinum category includes the following privileges
• Reserved Cat 1 seat with Premium view on halfway line at section 113
• Dedicated F&B service area / priority queue
• F&B offering – 2 x drinks
• Match Day Program, Sunwolves headband
All tertiary student tickets must be purchased in person with a valid student pass, limit to 1 per person and can only be purchased at the Singapore Indoor Stadium Box Office, The Star Performing Arts Centre Box Office, Scotts Square Concierge Desk and all SingPost Outlets.
Seating Plan
ABOUT SINGAPORE SPORTS HUB
The Singapore Sports Hub is Singapore's premier sports, entertainment and lifestyle hub with integrated community programming.
Consisting of a unique cluster development of integrated world-class sports facilities within the city, it plays a critical role in accelerating the development of sports industry, excellence and participation, and will take sports to the next level in Singapore.
Located on a 35-hectare site in Kallang, the Singapore Sports Hub will include the following facilities:
- A new 55,000-capacity National Stadium with a retractable roof and movable tiered seating
- 100PLUS Promenade that encircles the National Stadium
- A 6,000-capacity OCBC Aquatic Centre that meets FINA standards
- A 3,000-capacity OCBC Arena which is scalable and flexible in layout
- Water Sports Centre featuring kayaking and canoeing
- 41,000 sq m Kallang Wave Mall
- The iconic Singapore Indoor Stadium
- Shimano Cycling World
- Singapore Youth Olympic Museum & Singapore Sports Museum
- Sports Hub Library
- Daily community facilities and activities open for Singaporeans, including beach volleyball, hard courts for futsal, basketball and netball, lawn bowls, giant chess, skate park, climbing wall and running & cycling paths
The Singapore Sports Hub, which is managed by SportsHub Pte Ltd, is one of the largest sporting Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects in the world. It is also Singapore's largest flagship PPP project of this nature, and has won the PFI award in London in 2011, World Architecture Festival Awards for Best Future Project in the leisure-led development category in 2013 and Sports Building of the Year in 2014.
For more information, please visit the Singapore Sports Hub
- Website: www.sportshub.com.sg
- Facebook: sporesportshub
- Twitter: @sgsportshub
- Instagram: sgsportshub
